Carlos shares his experience of conducting the schola cantorum, the Latin choir at Cambridge's Catholic church, Fisher House. Carlos talks about how he approaches the balance between creating quality music and offering honest worship as he leads the choir. He touches on the use of Latin texts, to represent the set-apart nature of God in worship. Carlos recommends checking out the Masses by William Byrd. There are a lot of them, but here is a link to one!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXeT2HWpwc4

Faith in Music

Carlos Rodriguez

Susie talks about her process of song-writing and worship leading and how the two feed into each other. She unpacks the value in writing 'presentation songs'.  You can listen to Susie's EP at: https://susiedobson.bandcamp.com/releasesAnd here's Susie's song reccomendation - 'Another in the Fire' by Hillsong Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2txJKgDAXfLe9ipMG3VhOh?si=PO8ec1L8QF2cqMDsBghe4QYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmNc0L7Ac5c

Susie Dobson

Pianist Murray Chapman brings us insight into how his faith influences his playing, both in the practice room, where tedious routine can sometimes seem mundane, and in the concert hall, where the pursuit of success can become overbearing. Here's a link to Murray's musical recommendation of the week: youtube.com/watch?v=TK4klHLrFdw

Murray Chapman

Emily discusses her experiences of song-writing and worship leading. In both she explains how her faith has impacted her work, and inspires creativity. Emily also discusses her process of song-writing and the challenge of writing corporate worship music.Check out Emily's epic stuff on soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/user-934567233And here's the track that Emily recommended during the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpH4DL55zLs

Emily Cairns

Max and Sam are both music students at Cambridge University. In this episode they chat about the way that their faith influences and is informed by the music that they are involved in. In particular, they discuss a recent project, recording jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams' first jazz mass. Check out the Mary Lou' Mass here: https://open.spotify.com/album/1KuLMVUjXCTb8hArSPa9S4?si=NYIgcmTdR3yYQVpKIshqVA

Sam Macdonald and Max McLeish

Faith in Music explores how musicians involved in a diverse range of genres and skills are influenced and inspired by their faith. Composers, musicologists and performers give an inside look in to how Christ permeates through their work.

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Faith in Music

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